Timing. I must have checked in not long after you posted. Part of the spam-blocking plug-in requires approval for posts from unfamiliar posters. Most of the named accounts above don’t require approval anymore. They just go through.

I never block real comments, by the way. I just have to block the bots, which can post anywhere between 10-150+ spam comments per update.

Is that messy as in “allergic reaction, head pops out of helmet” or as in “everyone’s plans and preconceptions fly out the existential window?” I assume he’s breathing that smoke so my bet’s on the first.